- The is designed to use cryptographic key scheduling for a new privacy-preserving Bluetooth protocol to support Contact Tracing. Contact Tracing makes it possible to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus by alerting participants of possible exposure to someone who they have recently been in contact with, and who has subsequently been positively diagnosed as having the virus. This specification complements the Bluetooth specification that contains further information about the scheduling of the advertisements and the higher-level lifecycle of the protocol.
